CAIRO- Egypt and the French Development Agency have signed development financing agreements worth 715.6 million euros, the Egyptian international cooperation ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

The package was aimed at accelerating the transition to a green recovery and investing in human capital, it added. The agreements were signed on the sidelines of the visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to France.

The agreements were part of the 2019-2023 Strategic Partnership in Social and Economic Development between Egypt and France, worth 1 billion euros, the statement said.

(Reporting by Ehab Farouk; Writing by Mahmoud Mourad; Editing by Alex Richardson) ((mahmoud.mourad@thomsonreuters.com))